Starfinder Society December Previews
Celita was busy, as usual, but her colleagues had requested—begged, more accurately—that she attend their holiday gathering. She would never…
End of Year Sale and GR Gift Guide
Happy holidays from all of us at Green Ronin! I don’t think 2020 was the year any of us hoped…
Woodcraft: All-in-one Tabletop Game Organizer crowdfunds
Wood Project is a small company based in New York that's come up with an organiser for tabletop games that…
Outland Entertainment to launch Tombpunk, a lo-fi RPG
Outland Entertainment has revealed that they will soon launch a Kickstarter for the Tombpunk RPG.
Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall hops into your home with a print-and-play version
Those who missed their chance to back collaborative storytelling RPG Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall can now purchase a…
X-Wing 2E senior dev Max Brooke leaves Fantasy Flight Games after nine years
Known for work on Star Wars games and Legends of the Five Rings RPGs.
RPG: Star Trek Adventures Adds Discovery And Picard In New Expansion
Star Trek Discovery and Picard have added bold new takes on life in the Federation, and now they’re bringing their…
Comprehensive Beginner’s Introduction to D&D
Welcome to the comprehensive beginner’s guide to Dungeons & Dragons! D&D is basically a roleplaying game. You’ve probably seen it…
Eyes Up Guardian, Dungeons & Destiny Brings New Light To D&D
A fan-created overhaul of 5th Edition rules brings the space magic and wizard-filled world of Destiny to the regular magic…
Gooey Cube Adventure Box Sets & Campaign Setting: An Interview With Alphinius Goo
Alphinius Goo is over the top nice! He sends me in-character emails that are a delight even as they demonstrate…
Competition: Win Rivers of London: Volume 8 – The Fey and the Furious
Rivers of London is a popular urban fantasy series from Ben Aaronovitch about cops that do magic. Geek Native was…
Pathfinder sourcebook Humble Bundle unleashes demons and dragons from $5 for a good cause
Snag a host of Pathfinder 1E sourcebooks and donate to Comic Books for Kids by purchasing the Pathfinder Monster Lore…
RPG: The World Of Darkness’ Mysterious Beginnings
White Wolf emerged from the shadows of an RPG crash with a game that would slake the thirst of many…
The best two-player board games 2020
Let’s face it, sometimes you can’t get together a whole group of people for a board game. Sometimes you want…
What’s Coming in 2021
ODCON our first virtual gaming convention was live all last weekend and a massive thanks to everyone who tuned into…
Modiphius Entertainment Announces 'Fallout 2d20 RPG'
Modiphius Entertainment announced Fallout 2d20 RPG, based on the popular video game line, for release in Q2 2021. After releasing…
Wizards of the Coast Expands the Suspension of 'Magic: The Gathering' In-Store Play
Wizards of the Coast expanded its suspension of in-store play by adding Canada to the list of countries under this…
The Siege of Concordant: War & Politics In Space
A new novel combines space opera and intrigue. The Cauldron is a galaxy. It might be ours far in the…
Dragon Talk: Jasmine Bhullar, LYSK
Greg & Shelly get you up to speed with the D&D Holiday Specials, Heroes' Feast, D&D news, and the announcement…
Doom RPG: See You in Hell review
See You In Hell is an RPG inspired by games like Doom from Silver Hoof Games. It costs US$9.99 and…
12 Golem Goodies—New Releases for December 2020
12 Golem Goodies—New Releases for December 2020 Wednesday, December 09, 2020 Here it is, our last product launch day…
Tabletop Kickstarter Round-Up: December 9, 2020
Come check out this week’s batch of crowdfunding highlights! ULUS We plan to create a game—a game with great artwork,…
Get your Pathfinder Monster Lore Humble Bundle today!
Get your Pathfinder Monster Lore Humble Bundle today! Wednesday, December 09, 2020 Our newest Humble Bundle is here to…
D&D: Games Adventurers Play
Need a game for your gaming tools proficiency? The next time your characters sit down between Dungeons and/or Dragons, here…
No Mean Feat: Fifteen New Feats from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
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Cyberpunk by Asian Creators game jam spotlights neon-and-chrome tabletop RPGs without the racism
An Itch.io analogue game jam wants to push back on harmful Western cyberpunk tropes by showcasing tabletop games from Asian…
Pathfinder: Step Beyond The Beginner’s Box With Newest Adventure
A new standalone adventure from Pathfinder wants you to step beyond the beginning town. Come check out the Troubles in…
So You (Still) Want to Play in Midgard? Part Two
And we’re back! Last time, we started a campaign arc that saw our PCs starting out in the village of…
How to GM an open world campaign
Thumbnail image by Alena Aenami We’ve all been there. A friend approaches you after finishing The Witcher 3 or Assassins…
Troikafeld! is a Seinfeld RPG zine none of us can purchase anymore
In a cruel yet thematically appropriate manoeuvre of fate, Dicebreaker learned about the existence of a Seinfeld-themed zine for RPG…
Thor’s Team Building Exercise
When Ant-Man came out, I toyed with some ideas on how to make use of the new Team-Building Exercise (TBE)…
The Most Fun Option, Unchanging Heroes, Mazes RPG with Chris O’Neill (9th Level Games)
Chris O’Neill from 9th Level Games joins me on the podcast today. We discuss Chris’ history playing tabletop RPGs and…
The virtual tabletop Foundry signs up Savage Worlds Adventure Edition
Pinnacle Entertainment Group have revealed a deal with the virtual tabletop Foundry. The SWADE pack is free for the platform.…
Wizards of the Coast Unveils New Deets on ‘Magic: The Gathering’ ‘Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition 2’
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GameStop Closing 700 Stores This Year
GameStop has upped the number of stores it expects to close this year from 450 to 700, as it pivots…
Redpitch Alchemy
Redpitch Alchemy Tuesday, November 25, 2020 A distinctively sharp and somewhat minty smell alerts travelers to the presence of redpitch…
The Lost Citadel Roleplaying, Now Available in Print
Buy It at the Green Ronin Online Store In The Lost Citadel Roleplaying, seven decades ago, there were cities upon…
Naughty and/or wholesome: Tall Tales
The pitch for Tall Tales is that too many other "creative games" lacked the constraints that make a game. These…
Doikayt anthologises a dozen tabletop RPGs from Jewish creators
Doikayt is a new anthology of tabletop RPGs on Itch.io by a collection of Jewish creators that centre experiences, memories…
Dune#4: Who are you?
By Andrew Peregrine In Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, your characters are all elite agents of a noble House. But…
Savage Rifts and Explorer Essentials in the Bundle of Holding
There's a Savage Worlds version of Rifts that uses the latest SWADE edition, and the Bundle of Holding is currently…
Character Spotlight: Thranis Stendor
Welcome back to the Character Spotlight series. We’ll take a look at another character build, this time centered around healing.…
D&D: WizKids’ New Tower Is Incredible
There is no more iconic a location for an adventure than inside or atop a tower, and Wizkids’ new Icon…
Tome Unbound: Apaxrusl
Alternate Traits and Actions The following changes allow GMs to alter an apaxrusl without modifying its challenge rating. Abrasive Grab.…
The Game Mechanic: D is for Dice Pool
Ah, dice pools. Nothing feels better than throwing a handful of different dice onto the table and seeing how you…
D&D: Bards On The Rise Thanks To Tasha’s Cauldron
Every class has something to look forward to in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, but Bards are in the usual position…
The Dungeons & Dragons movie at 20: How the RPG’s first big-screen blockbuster suffered a critical fail
One day in 1990, a phone rang at the offices of TSR. On the other end of the line was…
TCG Market Analysis: November Trends for 'Magic: The Gathering,' 'Pokemon TCG,' and 'Yu-Gi-Oh!'
TCG Sealed Product Prices Retain or Go Higher Their Value After Record Holiday Weekend TCGplayer recently released its November data…
Warhammer 40K RETRO: Top Deployment Dirty Tricksters of All Time
Today we look back across the decades to look at the best deployment tricksters of the grimdark ever. These units…
The Book of Random Tables
Cut down gamemaster prep time with D100 random tables. Use these random tables to enhance your RPG campaigns and have…
Warhammer 40K: New Archetypes In The Forsaken System Player’s Guide
The Forsaken System Player’s Guide opens up all-new options for Wrath & Glory characters. Come catch a glimpse of the…
Tabletop Gallery: Duty & the Beast
Come on lucky overwatch rolls… Enjoy. If You Have An Awesome Tabletop or RPG Shot You Think Would Make A…
What’s Better Than One Large Mini in a Booster?
What’s Better Than One Large Mini in a Booster? Monday, December 07, 2020 It’s been a while since I last…
17 November–8 December: Tasha’s Cauldron of Not Quite Everything
And we’re back with all the news that we missed over the past three weeks! Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything disappoints…
Character Hooks in Envoys to the Mount
In a previous Ronin Roundtable, we mentioned a little bit about the Character Hooks mechanic we developed for Envoys to…
Bard 101: College of Creation in ‘Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything’
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything is here, and it’s time to get familiar with the dozens of new subclasses found within—starting…
This Week on Twitch, Dec 7 – Dec 13
Check out what we have in store this week on Twitch! Also if you’re interested in running your own Pathfinder…
What is New Gamemaster Month?
Is 2021 the year you become a gamemaster and run tabletop RPGs for friends and family? Publishers like Evil Hat,…
A Quick Look At Skills
One of the big survey results was related to more granularity with skills. With that in mind, we are currently…
Voyages of the Vagabond: More than $50,000 pledged to make travelling in RPGs less boring
Do you struggle to run a scenario when the PCs decide they need to travel 100 miles across country? Or…
Starfinder: Alien Archive Is Here – PDF Wednesday
Starfinder’s newest Alien Archive is the weirdest one yet. Full of alien creatures from the banal to the bizarre, you’ll…
DUNE#3 What’s So Special About Dune?
By Andrew Peregrine Dune is one of the greatest works of Science Fiction, one easily compared to Lord of the…
DUNE#4 What’s So Special About Dune
By Andrew Peregrine Dune is one of the greatest works of Science Fiction, one easily compared to Lord of the…
Hark! News From the Warrens!
Kazoos both jubilant and sad are sounding from the warrens today because I have some rather sizable news. Starting today,…
Flash Gordon board game headlines a 40-year celebration of the campy cult-classic film
A “retro-style family” Flash Gordon board game will launch on Kickstarter to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1980 space…
Astral Projections – Bionic Dog for Genesys
Nearly everyone would love a pupper as a present, including cybernetically enhanced superspies. Some years ago, I created Mutants &…
PAX Unplugged dated for December 2021
PAX Unplugged will return in 2021 following the physical tabletop convention’s cancellation this year as the result of COVID-19. PAX…
Handiwork Games launch Handimonsters subscription
New monsters every month is the offer from Handiwork Games and Handimonsters. The Patreon powered subscription model allows backers to…
Elder Scrolls Call to Arms: Updated Release Schedule
As many of you will be aware, we’ve had some big issues with shipping. The reality is that global logistics…
40K’s Uriel Ventris, Ahsoka Tano, D&D’s “Advanced” Ranger, GW’s New Releases, Nic Cage’s Best
This weekend 40k: Uriel Ventris returns with a new mini, check out Ahsoka Cosplay, D&D “Advanced” Ranger rules, & Guide…
Seven Seas Nabs 'Lupin III' Manga
Plus 'Bloom Into You Anthology,' 'Hello World,' 'Great Pretender,' 'Mars Red,' More The manga publisher Seven Seas Entertainment had a…
To Dream, Perchance to Sleep: A review of Drift of Dreams
In Tikor, when humans sleep, their minds enter a dimension known as the Tapestry. The Tapestry is a realm where…
Rolling For Initiative — Who Could Buy WotC?
Rolling for Initiative is a weekly column by Scott Thorne, PhD, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale,…
D&D: Playtest The “Advanced” Ranger Today
What happens when a Ranger stops being a hybrid spellcaster, and starts being effective? Check out the latest from Level…
RPG: Aliens Unleashes Colonial Marines
Fria Ligan’s Alien RPG opens up the colonial marines experience with a new supplement. Load your pulse rifle and watch…
Final hours on the Fragged Cyberpunk
Blink, and you'll miss it. Wade Dyer gave Fragged Cyberpunk just a week to run on Kickstarter, and we're down…
Cryptographers Guild: Sell your own cyberpunk 5e-powered creations
One of the lesser-known but hugely satisfying cyberpunk RPGs out there is Entromancy. It’s an agile 5e-powered game and I…
D&D: Roll20 Presents Rime of the Frostmaiden – Episode 6
Are you ready for winter’s chill? Join our adventurers as they attempt to survive and thwart Auril’s endless winter! Icewind…
Level Up Survey: Ranger v2
Earlier we released the second playtest candidate for our Ranger class. This is the accompanying survey. This survey is for…
Level Up Playtest: Ranger v2
Welcome to the 7th Level Up playtest document. This playtest contains a second candidate for the game’s ranger class. The…
Spawn of Cyclops Con will cover D&D as well as DCC
Goodman Games’ next conference is Spawn of Cyclops Con. The online convention will use New York’s timezone (UTC -5) and…
RPG Spotlight: Our Last Best Hope
Assemble your team and come up with a fourth contingency plan this week as we try to avert the apocalypse…
Aliens, Robots and Interstellar Humans
A Galaxy-Spanning Career Continuing our look at the forthcoming Judge Child supplement for Judge Dredd & the Worlds of 2000…
Boom with a Capital B – Rapid-Fire villains!
The Astonishing Adventures line blasts off into space this week with our very first cosmic adventure, Prodigal Sun by Larry Wilhelm.…
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #77
December 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment💸 Links may earn ad money Here in the North, it is…
Abrams Unveils Spring 2021 Slate
Abrams has rolled out the Spring 2021 title lineup for its Abrams Comicarts and Megascope imprints. Megascope is a new…
Emma Partlow joins us to talk Magic: The Gathering, D&D and the best Trivial Pursuit replacements on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
On this week’s episode of the Dicebreaker Podcast, we’re joined by the wonderful Emma Partlow to chat about the latest…
DUNE #2 – Gaming in the Imperium
By Andrew Peregrine So, we’ve talked about what Dune is, and what it’s about, but what sort of game have…
Southlands Wallpapers
It’s December, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a high-adventure set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic…
Free to Download: Stone the Crows
Grant Howitt’s latest one-page RPG, delivered thanks to his Patreon backers, is about birds plotting to steal the Crown Jewels…
Chamber: John Harper’s Paragon system gets a new RPG
The year is 1968. Two years ago, on January 7, 1966, an alien energy, now known as THE SIGNAL, reached…
Quest RPG’s narrated rulebook melds tutorial, actual play and scripted audio drama
The Adventure Guild, publisher of Quest, has teamed up with actual play streamer No Initiative to record its roleplaying game’s…
Monte Cook Games supercharges Cypher System Creator
The Cypher System Creator Program is one which lets third party creators, people like you and me, create, sell and…
Finder’s Archive – Christmas Special Vol. 2 of 4
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Finder’s Archives.Last week we started week one (or days 1 – 7) of…
Kids on Brooms RPG ditches collaboration in favour of spell-slinging in card game Duel of the Wands
Kids on Bikes publisher Renegade Games will pit players against each other in Duel of the Wands, a competitive card…
Wizards of the Coast Teases ‘Secret Lair’ Drops for 2021/2022
Artist Series Drops features 'Saga's' Fiona Staples, Kaja and Phil Foglio, and New 'Ultimate Edition'
TableStar Games Returns to the Board Game Scene
Peter Hansell's Company has Recently Re-Opened After the COVID-19 Shutdown with 'Bike Route Sacramento' TableStar Games is back in the…